Davidsonian Article

Ellie and I wrote an article for this week's Davidsonian. Our topic? Food, of course.

Be sure to pick up your copy of the Davidsonian and turn to page 6!

(Or, view the internet version here.)

Thank you, and have a wonderful day!

Mocked.

I had a Mock Trial second round tryout last night. I ended up not making it on the team, but the experience of trying out was fun enough. The competition was really fierce.

I had my first meeting for the Freshman Eco-Reps, and I enjoyed it. Ellie and I are going to be writing an article to go in the Davidsonian sometime, so be on the lookout for that.

I'm considering using the time I would have used for Mock Trial to start making/editing YouTube videos again. Those of you who have seen my old ones, please don't express your feelings on the first round of Hamptonesque vlogs! These new ones will be better, more exciting, and smarter! (Also, Caroline and I [briefly] discussed doing a joint YouTube channel; think vlogbrothers style. I'm very excited about that channel, too.)

I think I may have found a topic for my first Ethics paper, and Dworkin (and co.) will be the topic. Dear readers/editors of my paper, be prepared for some smart-sounding trolling with some sound arguments. I'm pretty excited about the paper, especially since I know it will be a challenge, and one I can accomplish with a good grade.





Today has been good, and my tiredness-time completely flipped today. This morning, I was VERY conscious, and was trying to figure out what the heck my previous week's econ notes even meant. This afternoon, however, I've been SUPER tired, which will probably explain the scatterbrainedness of this post.

Have a wunnerful day, guys and gals!

Hello Worl--err, Davidson!

First blog posts are always awkward, so I think I'll just skip the whole "THISISMYFIRSTBLOGPOSTOMG" mindset (as this is in no way my first blog), and move forward to the "I'm comfortable leaving out many exclamation marks from my posts" phase.

But first, here's the premise of the blog, and a quick introduction, too:

My name is Hampton, and I am a new freshman at Davidson College in North Carolina, USA. At this point, my intended majors include philosophy, political science, economics, psychology, sociology, or fifty other possibilities. No matter what I study, I will probably be making my own major to suit myself for law or government or something interesting like that.

I will be graduating in 2015 from Davidson, and currently plan on attending law school or some sort of graduate school. I hope to be on the mock congress, mock trial, improv, theatre, student government, and eco rep groups while at Davidson, but I know I can't do all of those each year. (I will probably end up doing a couple of them, with congress and eco rep groups definitely thrown in there.)

I'm not particularly athletic, but I am signed up for a weight-lifting course and will participate in the freshman sport of flickerball for an additional PE credit. Currently, I am enrolled in the 2-year Humanities program, Metaphysics, Introductory Economics, and Applied Ethics classes, with some pretty cool teachers that I'm really excited to learn from.

My roommate is named Andy, and he seems really cool. I hope we get along for this year, as I hope to be in Davidson's sustainable living house, the EcoHouse for the final three years of Davidson, if I don't get an apartment or something by the time I graduate.

Alright. First post incoming--


Today was really busy, and I'm definitely ready to finish with Orientation. Today, we did a service walk, which is essentially a tour of the town of Davidson. It was really neat, and I met a lot of cool people, but I was dying of heat and sweated so badly. After that, we had a delicious lunch (sponsored by the always awesome Harris Teeter) of beans and rice with a piece of cornbread.

I went to the Sprinkle Room and bought all of my books after that. I ended up with fifteen books and one class manual, at a grand total of $608. All of my books but 2 were used, too, which makes the price even more ridiculous. I will probably be writing all over the books, so I don't really know how many I will be selling back at the end of the year and how many I will be adding to my extremely small collection of books.

After lugging my books back, I got back to the room, showered, and met with Aric, Ellie, and Hannah for a Harris Teeter run. We enjoyed it thoroughly, and I got some hummus and pita chips. I rode on the kiddie ride at the outside, as did Aric. We made a stop at this natural foods place, and I got some almond milk and Ezekiel bread (which is the best thing ever).

Next, we went back to the Union (Hannah left to see the soccer game) and I bought a lanyard to hold my CatCard, room key, and postbox key. Returned to the dorm, and talked to Caroline on the phone for an hour fifteen.

After the rest, I went down to Vail Commons with Ian, Hannah, Ellie, Nathan, Alex and others to eat some Caribbean marinara-sauced pasta (it was called "rasta pasta" by the food crew) and french fries. (Yes, I decided it was time to french fry it up--don't judge me!) We all finished and Dave, Ben, and I all walked back to the dorm together, stopping to watch another kid named Ben show us some sweet dance moves.

I returned to the dorm, looked up the Chidsey Leadership Fellows application, and attempted to download Microsoft Office Suite from my Davidson thumbdrive. Unfortunately, that has failed to work, and I'll have to get IT to get that done for me sometime this week.

Now, I'm about to read the first part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, as I have to read the first 44 pages for Humanities by Monday at 8:30.

Happy trails!